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See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
HALL, See also:BASIL (1788-1844) , See also:British See also:naval officer, traveller and See also:miscellaneous writer, was See also:born at See also:Edinburgh on the 31st of See also:December 1788. His See also:father was See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Hall of Dunglass, the geologist. Basil Hall was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and in 1802 entered the See also:navy, where he See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:post-See also:captain in 1817, after seeing active service in several See also:fields. By observing the ethnological as well as the See also:physical peculiarities of the countries he visited, he collected the materials for a very large number of scientific papers. In 1816 he commanded the See also:sloop " See also:Lyra," which accompanied See also:Lord See also:Amherst's See also:embassy to See also:China; and he described his cruise in An See also:Account of a Voyage of See also:Discovery to the See also:West See also:Coast of Corea and the See also:Great See also:Loo-choo See also:Island in the See also:Japan See also:Sea (See also:London, 1818). In 1820 he held a command on the Pacific coast of See also:America, and in 1824 published two volumes of Extracts front a See also:Journal written on the Coasts of Chili, See also:Peru and See also:Mexico in the Years 1820–21–22. Retiring on See also:half-pay in 1824, See also:Halt in 1825 married See also:Margaret, daughter of Sir See also:John See also:Hunter, and in her See also:company travelled (1827–1828) through the See also:United States. In 1829 he published his Travels in See also:North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, which was assailed by the See also:American See also:press for its views of American society. Schloss Hainfeld, or a See also:Winter in See also:Lower See also:Styria (1836), is partly a See also:romance, partly a description of a visit paid by the author to the See also:castle of the countess Purgstall. See also:Spain and the Seat of See also:War in Spain appeared in 1837. The Fragments of Voyages and Travels (9 vols.) were issued in three detachments. between 1831 and 1840. Captain Hall was a See also:fellow of the Royal See also:Societies of London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Astronomical, Royal See also:Geographical and See also:Geological Societies. His last See also:work, a collection of sketches and tales under the name of Patchwork (1841), had not been See also:long published before its author became insane, and he died in Haslar See also:hospital, Ports-mouth, on the rrth of See also:September 1844.
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